First, we spend a generation trying to control communism, resulting in what is known as a cold war.
Now, the name of the bad guy has changed to "terrorist" and we have spent the last 10+ years chasing shadows and spending more money than anyone knows about. (btw... the US spends $10billion a month in Afghanistan alone)
The more I think about this, the more it seems that one of the beneficiaries of having a bad guy named "terrorist" is actually the US Government. Think about it.
more control over it's population = ensures it's own survivability
less personal freedoms for it's citizens
take more money from it's citizens for taxes to support this "war"
justifies a bigger budget for the military
politicians buddies get lucrative contract jobs as a result
justifies a bigger budget for the entire government overall
guys, here's the scary part. the government is saying that they will never be able to win the war on terrorism completely?!!
Does this mean the war will never end? We will be in a perpetual state of submitting to the government while they check our orfices, looking for terrorists?
This war on terrorism is good business for the government.
Why?
The government tries very hard to scare the shit out of you about these boogey men. So the gerneral population is driven by fear.
And what does our fearless government do? They swoop in and save us from these horrible terrorists galloping in on their white steeds appearing to be the good guys.
Now think about this.
There is more crime/murder in Los Angeles than in the entire country of Afghanistan. But every time something happens here, the media plays it up big. Part of the silent relationship between government and the media. You know, it scares the shit out of my family when they hear something happening over here.
But why is it a drive by shooting taking out some innocents in Los Angeles is only a brief mention in the news? Because there is no gain for our government in playing it up big. After all, these are just US citizens killed domestically.
Look mates. I'm over here right now in the middle of it.
I think this whole war on terrorism is bullshit. Period.
The government treats us like sheep, and if they say we are at war, then goddamit, WE AT WAR!!!
And if the government says we need to sacrafice and pay more taxes, then it's good cuz WE AT WAR!!!
Problem is, we are causing most of the problems here, and primarily we are simply nation building. But our even being here is antogonizing the situation.
Here's what we do.... instead of pissing away all the money chasing boogey men, let's spend it intelligently and become energy independent. no more hundreds of billions of dollars to middle east countries for oil.
once we fix that problem, other countries will no doubt do the same. this will be a huge hit to the middle east. then we will no longer need to think of the middle east as a "national interest" and we can get the hell out and leave these poor people alone.
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